2012 was a good year.
The Big Easy greeted this pen pusher
with open arms, steamy weather and étouffée,
while Sigma Tau Delta provided awesome authors,
critical theory, touching tales and potent poetry.

I laughed, I cried, I ate the cupcakes,met new friends from there and here,gained new appreciation for the color black,fedora hats, walking sticks,and the brother/sisterhood of poets,that crosses state lines, gender, race,acknowledging no bias or boundary,taking all comers and touching their creative core.